Dolmas Recipe Wanted
03-04-2026, 06:25 AM
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Dolmas Recipe Wanted
I am looking for some family recipes for dolmas...stuffed grape leaves. I have a ton of grape leaves, so if you know how to prepare and preserve them, I'd like to know about that too. Thanks.
03-06-2026, 01:00 PM
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I only made them once with a friend who knew what she was doing. I was her sous chef. I found them too labour intensive for what we achieved so never made them again.
I recall that after we washed the leaves we dropped them into boiling water for about a minute then we put them immediately into ice water to stop them cooking. The idea was to get them soft enough to roll but not too soft so they wouldn't tear. After they came out of the ice water we dried them before attempting to stuff and roll. That's all I remember about leaf prep.
When we cooked them in the broth we put a dinner plate upside down on top of them to keep them in place in the pot as the broth simmered.
I recall that after we washed the leaves we dropped them into boiling water for about a minute then we put them immediately into ice water to stop them cooking. The idea was to get them soft enough to roll but not too soft so they wouldn't tear. After they came out of the ice water we dried them before attempting to stuff and roll. That's all I remember about leaf prep.
When we cooked them in the broth we put a dinner plate upside down on top of them to keep them in place in the pot as the broth simmered.
03-06-2026, 04:28 PM
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I only made them once with a friend who knew what she was doing. I was her sous chef. I found them too labour intensive for what we achieved so never made them again.
I recall that after we washed the leaves we dropped them into boiling water for about a minute then we put them immediately into ice water to stop them cooking. The idea was to get them soft enough to roll but not too soft so they wouldn't tear. After they came out of the ice water we dried them before attempting to stuff and roll. That's all I remember about leaf prep.
When we cooked them in the broth we put a dinner plate upside down on top of them to keep them in place in the pot as the broth simmered.
I recall that after we washed the leaves we dropped them into boiling water for about a minute then we put them immediately into ice water to stop them cooking. The idea was to get them soft enough to roll but not too soft so they wouldn't tear. After they came out of the ice water we dried them before attempting to stuff and roll. That's all I remember about leaf prep.
When we cooked them in the broth we put a dinner plate upside down on top of them to keep them in place in the pot as the broth simmered.
